Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-29
STILL ON THE STAND.
BAKERS SEARCHING CROSS EXAMINATION.
YESTERDAY
The Entire Day Pa, Iu By tie Attorneys
10 Questioning Im, bat he Sticks to Hls
Story Al! l-e Way Though
Tue Details.


Story All tue Way Through
Tue D-rarls.
/ The hial opened yesterday morning
with the prisoner still ON the stand. The
striking pant OF his testimony was the
sweeping and unqualified denial OF the
statements made by the witnesses Tor the
State. lie seems he has dctermnc,! to rest
his ease on a question Of vcracity between
. himself and a dozen intelligent and upright
citizens who haye testified against him.
THIS wholesale giving the lie to credible
/ witnesses is having boomerang effect,
and If possible is prejudicing the people
more than ever against him. The audi
euce has generally failed to appreciate his
+ efforts to tell a touching story, and they
look upon the tender little pieces that he
sandwiches into the details OF that tragic
event with considerable incrcduity.
/ THE DEFENDANT
resumed the stand for direct examination.
He said: II had a considerable amount
OF clothing in the house when the murder
was done; u gray coat and vest, brown
/ coat and vest, black smt, the pants now
/ have on, Iur OyercOLt, 4 ChInChllla over
coat, shirts ana other apparel, pair of
/ boots aud some books and a blu, suit:
removed none of them from the house on
! Monday morning; my wife had the green
/ dress on that has been exhibited here. |
saw her make no change Of shoes; Mrs.
MCWha had on the dress that was shown
III Court; she was as completely dressed Us
ordinarily, when lett; have had inter
views with several persons; talked with
this man CrubrT; he visited me ia the
cell and spoke about head stone; he was
/ IN for business primarily; Mr.. Cunning
han, Mr.. Sharp and Wm. Chapman were
present at the time; have a distinct rrcul-
lection OF the interview. DO not remember
Of saying anything about an admins
traitor Ioy Mrs. Bakers estate; GIuber's
statcmcu. that said was in the
house when Mus McWha slammed the
door too was iilSe; / never said anything of
the EInd: | never said that she had said
that Mrs. S"rarlugrn and Mrs. Brown did
not amount 10 much anyhow; did not
know anything about their being there
until the morning after the murder: CRU
her SAID Ar had called on business and
made the remark about the tombstone
know Daniel NlcCloud passing we'll; /
I sfFr...t...l AA..1t,--l4 La
rrcollcct Of speaking to several persons and
saying was ready TO bc arrested, do not
Irmcmh,r telling McCloud there was
ninety dollars IA the house that those
three men knew OF, and believed that
they came back and killed the women loT
III. | think did mention about the thieves
missing my wiir's gold watch, which was
~ concealed that they overlooked 1t; every
word ur MrUlpud's statement that | said
my wife and myself were IN the sIt:lug
room when Mr.. McWha showed the door
To llsr. never told him that she said
it y.r3 some of the Pdddys; never juld him
.oramyuuis else that got oil At Collier
station and w.lE,d to troa. Creek; | did
trlI inn / Aurw Grs Swrarinwn ON ac-
cuUul q. her boy having worn goggles,
not hrrau>e Lee had them on At the time.
Nrluuu'> STATEMENT,
thlt asked him il there were any
wounds Oh my wiiv's bOdy. and lac said =,
>ul,ll mark below the knee WAS false:
remember his a~aIny me n hat seen the
bndic~ and examined them; have no rec
objection OF telling him about drawing
some water and putting il IN the tub.
..r... .I..tH . Ia.
water. | had Il conversation with him at
:hr jail; sud to him that Mr. Buwlcs was
well oil, and mantIuned GcOTgia'S getting
i back set by eating some lettuce; remark
rd that my wife would do that often, II
something w,ls luG she would eat ~ouc OF
II herself; .Gj h,i uuirr>gpod thIr
two tramps came up to the Clifton works
tho day nj the murder and their dc~cIlp-
tlun Tailed with that ul the Iucn who
rented the lot, / never told him, as he
said, that Albert Lee dad the murder, nor
that Albert lee was at the house ON Fri
dtv before the murder. d" asked me nj
knew anything about - box with q false
bottom IA which the bonds wrr kept; !
said never heara oft; his statement that
said Dan SNvarlngyu would not shak.
hands with NE because hal killed
hi. ann, .nd ron,in IL t,Isr.
S,...,r,,,,.,, .,;d h. L.r,cy.5 + 5,,. il and
,b,, - L,s wifi. had gon, into tbe honsr
she would have been killed too; MrCi0ud
made the remark Baker, uudrrstend
they have got positive evidence against
yuu,' sad III they ha',ItE all night
/ did say that ! had finally concluded that
they were not murdered at night; he
Ii"ve now they were murdered n the day
| did not &ty that kaIston would swear
that he saw the women after | left.
never was rubbing anything on of my
pants while in the rlil. q. &: Lrc could
NAT have s,rn me do such 4 thing on Fri
dly: blinds had been put up over the
window and IT was impossible lur ANYBODY
to see IN. tried often to src ou; aud
rnuId not. his statement that SAW him
and Immediately after Irrked ND parrr
i. entirely false: hav, seen him sinrr
Le was M 10 INV cell OH last Monday Il
week: he was drunk then and / ordered
him ont. he said "Rlkpr C d
,ou will fix Won.
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